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Hosting expiry and renewal

Hosting Expiry and Renewal If your website operates in a rented hosting environment, your hosting firm manages the rented space and you have to pay for hosting fees. This payment depends on your contract with the hosting firm. It can be on a monthly or yearly basis. In order to renew your hosting, you will have to contact your …

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How to differentiate between secure, non-secure and fraudulent websites?

How To Differentiate Between Secure, Non-Secure and Fraudulent Websites? Safe websites have an SSL Certificate which ensures that all data that is exchanged between web servers and clients is encrypted. Where a website is insecure, any information that a person enters on the server (e.g. name, address, credit card details) is not shielded and can …

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Browser

Browser A browser is a software application that lets you explore content on the World Wide Web. These pieces of content, including pictures, videos, and web pages, are connected using hyperlinks and classified with URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers). This page is an example of a web page viewable through a browser. The web is a …

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URL

Uniform Resource Locator (url) Short for Uniform Resource Locator, a URL is the location of a specific website, page, or file on the Internet. A URL is the fundamental network identification for any resource connected to the web (e.g., hypertext pages, images, and sound files). URLs have the following format: protocol://hostname/other_information For example, the URL …

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Address Bar

Address Bar The term address bar refers to the text field in a web browser that identifies the user’s location on the web. The address bar helps the user in navigation by allowing entry of an Internet Protocol address or the uniform resource locator of a website. It can also save previously used addresses for …

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Cache

Cache In computing, cache is a widely used method for storing information so that it can be later accessed much more quickly. There are many forms of caching employed in various use-cases. All caching however, aims to achieve the same goal of improving the accessibility time of the particular asset or piece of data you …

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Cookies

Cookies A computer “cookie” is more formally known as an HTTP cookie, a web cookie, an Internet cookie or a browser cookie. The name is a shorter version of “magic cookie,” which is a term for a packet of data that a computer receives and then sends back without changing or altering it.( What are cookies?| Norton) Cookies …

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SSL Certificate

SSL Certificate An SSL certificate displays important information for verifying the owner of a website and encrypting web traffic with SSL/TLS, including the public key, the issuer of the certificate, and the associated subdomains. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, a global standard security technology that enables encrypted communication between a web browser and a web server. It …

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